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Jeremy
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Jeremy
BA Ripon College • Doctor of Philosophy, Chemistry Yale University
4+ Years Tutoring

Teaching college chemistry for years gave Jeremy a clear picture of what high school students actually need before they arrive on a college campus — and where most curricula leave gaps. He zeroes in on the conceptual reasoning behind topics like mole conversions, gas laws, and electron configurations, making sure students can explain *why* an answer is correct, not just arrive at the right number.

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Moriah
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Moriah
BA Cornell University
1+ Years Tutoring

At a preparatory school where she manages and teaches daily, Moriah has spent real time walking students through science material one-on-one — including the kind of systematic problem setup that chemistry demands for topics like stoichiometry and dimensional analysis. Her strength is reading how a student processes information and adjusting the explanation on the spot, which matters in a subject where one shaky concept (like mole ratios) can derail an entire unit. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Lisa
BA Washington University in St. Louis • Doctor of Philosophy, Marine Sciences Stony Brook University
9+ Years Tutoring

Balancing equations, understanding molarity, and predicting reaction products are all things Lisa does routinely in her marine biogeochemistry lab at Stony Brook. She approaches high school chemistry by grounding each new topic in a concrete example so students see the logic behind the math, especially in tricky areas like equilibrium and acid-base chemistry.

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Garrett
BA University of Pennsylvania
14+ Years Tutoring

Balancing equations and stoichiometry trip up most high school chemistry students because the logic feels invisible at first. Garrett teaches the mole concept by tying it to tangible quantities — grams on a scale, liters of gas — so the math stops feeling arbitrary. His background in biology and physical chemistry also lets him show students where these reactions actually matter in living systems.

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Viraj
BA Cornell University
6+ Years Tutoring

The jump from memorizing element symbols to actually predicting reaction products trips up a lot of high school chemistry students. Viraj zeroes in on that transition, teaching how oxidation states, electronegativity trends, and molecular geometry determine what happens when substances mix. His Cornell lab experience means he can ground abstract concepts in tangible examples students remember.

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Sanjana
BA Harvard University
6+ Years Tutoring

Balancing equations, mole conversions, and gas law calculations all come down to organized quantitative reasoning — exactly the skill set Sanjana sharpens as an applied math student at Harvard. She connects the math behind chemistry to the conceptual "why," so topics like limiting reagents and solution dilutions start making sense instead of feeling like arbitrary formulas.

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Rebecca
BA University of Pennsylvania
1+ Years Tutoring

Stoichiometry clicks differently when someone can trace it all the way up to organic reaction yields and MCAT-level biochemistry — and Rebecca's biology degree plus her deep run through both general and organic chemistry means she's done exactly that. She teaches mole relationships and balancing equations by anchoring them in the reaction logic rather than letting students treat them as standalone math exercises. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Maggie
BA Yale University
1+ Years Tutoring

Balancing redox equations, predicting products, and navigating stoichiometry all become more manageable when a student understands the 'why' behind each reaction type. Maggie's molecular and cellular biology degree gave her deep fluency in chemical principles, and she applies that knowledge to demystify everything from periodic trends to equilibrium calculations. She holds a 5.0 rating from students.

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Rahul
BS Cornell University
6+ Years Tutoring

When high school chemistry students hit a wall with mole conversions or balancing redox reactions, the issue is almost always conceptual, not computational. Rahul digs into the 'why' behind each step — why coefficients matter, how electron transfer actually works — drawing on his Cornell chemical engineering background to make the logic visible. He holds a 4.9 rating from students.

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Matt
MS Columbia University in the City of New York • BA University of Pittsburgh
1+ Years Tutoring

Matt's neuroscience and chemistry undergraduate work fed directly into a master's in nutrition, so he's traced chemical concepts like bonding, functional groups, and reaction energetics from the introductory level all the way into how they govern biological systems. That layered perspective lets him explain something like electronegativity or intermolecular forces by connecting it to real molecular behavior students can visualize. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Andrew
PhD Boston University • BA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1+ Years Tutoring

When mole conversions and electron configurations start piling up in high school chemistry, the subject can feel like pure memorization. Andrew reframes it: he walks through the logic of the periodic table so students can predict reactivity, bonding behavior, and molecular geometry from first principles instead of flashcards. Rated 4.8 by students.

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Abrahim
BA University of California Los Angeles • Doctor of Medicine, Premedicine Medical College of Wisconsin
4+ Years Tutoring

Between his UCLA biology coursework and medical school, Abrahim has taken chemistry from multiple angles — stoichiometry, equilibrium, acid-base reactions, thermodynamics. He's direct about pinpointing where a student's understanding breaks down, whether that's balancing redox equations or interpreting periodic trends. His 5.0 rating speaks to how well that targeted approach works.

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